Anniversary Card

Caroline, Kathy, Theresa and myself went to a colouring class at Lili of The Valley in Leeds a couple of weeks ago and spent an hour learning colouring and shading from the wonderful Bev Rochester.  I've been buying and colouring L.O.T.V. images for years so I was amazed how much I learnt about colouring.  I thought the class would just improve  what I already did but it was like starting from scratch.  We coloured with Pro-markers, blending colours almost seamlessly then used Prismacolour pencils to add highlights or lowlights to hair and clothing.  I loved it and can't wait for them to do another open weekend with classes so that I can do the 3 hour advanced class.  Whilst we were at the class we were offered 10% discount on any purchases so of course I had to buy one or two or fourteen of their stamps to practise with, well it would have been rude not to!  They also had a small selection of pro-markers so I bought a few more to add to my collection.  I have about one hundred L.O.T.V. stamps now, I love them all and they get lots of use. 

The anniversary card above I made over a few days, I stamped it one day, coloured it the next, glitter glued it the next and then made it into a card today.  I used some patterned papers from my stash, I think it's Kaisercraft and Stampin' Up! crumb cake card stock.  The text is from the Marry Me stamp set from Stampin' Up!  I used a Nestability die to cut the scalloped square and a tiny circle punch to punch white, pink and rose circles which I then cut into spirals and rolled up to make the flowers, the base of the flowers I punched using the Stampin' Up! Boho Blossom punch.  I added a little piece of self-adhesive lace which I rubbed a crumb cake ink pad over to make it look a little less white and a little more like antique lace.  Hope my friends like the card, I have considered buying them one and keeping this but I have already hinted I have made them one.